To Live or to die

Look OP, I feel your pain. Really, I do. I'm 5'6" (barely and on a good day) and getting chicks isn't particularly easy. However, although I still consistently see my height as a disadvantage everywhere, I don't think I'd want it any other way.

My parents didn't let me play football or hockey with the rest of my friends when I was younger (20 now). Some of my friends went on to incur multiple concussions and I can already see the affect it's had on their brains. It's tragic, but I'm thankful to have a healthy brain.

I was bullied pretty severely, even by my closest group of friends, and I felt like I had no other options for friends because my stupid middle school self saw it as the right choice to continue being friends with abusive assholes than to be friends with the weirder kids in my grade. Somehow making it through hell for all of elementary and middle school, I've acquired exceptional social skills and confidence. I've learned to accept where I fall short (lol no pun intended) and I never let it hold me back in life. Fortunately in this world, you don't need to be tall to be successful. It's actually the exact opposite. Look at fucking Stephen Hawking for god's sake. The man is in a wheelchair and has still contributed more to this planet than most of us can ever dream of.

So yeah I'm short and getting girls isn't my forte. I'm studying to be an engineer. The social skills I've developed have helped me make countless close (and not-so-close) friends over the years. Lots of these friends I met through engineering. One day I'll be able to start my own business and use these connections to bring it to life. Ideally I'll be able to retire and do research on the brain, or at the very least start my own successful charity.

Another thing worth mentioning..

I have a functionally autistic brother (somewhere on the aspergers spectrum). He's brilliant and understands some things in this world that I would totally miss if it weren't for him. It makes me realize how much worse I could have it. He understands everything that's going on but he's so disabled by his oversensitivity to his senses and crippling anxiety. It's so sad to see someone disabled like that when he can think just fine, even better than I can a lot of the time.

Being short isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things. You can still do so much good for this world. Taking your own life would be the wrong move. Making the most of what you have and proving to the world how capable you are is what you should really do. PM me if you want OP. Please don't do anything drastic. Although you're a stranger on the Internet, I genuinely care about you.

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